Four trees fell, but the power remained on near this Oakland Township home. A crew from Greener Grounds Outdoor Solutions works to remove fallen evergreen trees in Oakland County. Photo by Stephen Frye / Digital First Media.

Clawson Firefighters Captain Neil Johnston (left) and Steve Wendell, work to remove a heavy tree branch that fell across an electrical wire at Washington and 14 Mile. On Wednesday, the U.S. National Weather Service issued a high wind warning for most of Southeastern Michigan. Wind gusts up to 65 MPH brought down trees and power lines leaving over 230,000 with power in the metro Detroit area. The warning remains in effect until 7:00 p.m. this evening. Liz Carnegie, For The Daily Tribune

Work began quickly in many areas to clean up the mess and remove fallen trees. A crew from Greener Grounds Outdoor Solutions works to remove fallen evergreen trees in Oakland County. Photo by Stephen Frye / Digital First Media.

Heavy winds cause damage, knock out power

The winds were not unexpected, as a high wind warning had been issued for much of Wednesday, March 8. Read the latest here on the recovery efforts. But it didn't take long for the outages to be reported by DTE Energy. Ultimately, more than 300,000 homes and businesses in Michigan were without power. Read more about the outages here. Photos by Stephen Frye / Digital First Media and others.